Modernism | Bauhaus Center Tel Aviv https://bauhaus-center.com Tours, Shop, Exhibitions, Information Tue, 17 Nov 2020 11:20:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.6 https://bauhaus-center.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/cropped-Bauhaus-Center-Tel-Aviv-Israel-1-32x32.gifModernism | Bauhaus Center Tel Avivhttps://bauhaus-center.com 32 32 Loos And Pilsen – Adolf Loos’ Interior Designhttps://bauhaus-center.com/gallery-art-exhibition/adolf-loos-interior-design-pilsen/ Tue, 17 Nov 2020 11:15:12 +0000 https://bauhaus-center.com/?post_type=nor-portfolio&p=4165

The year 2020 is the 150th anniversary of the birth of Adolf Loos (1870–1933), a world-renowned epitome of modern interwar architecture of Moravian descent, whose ideas and implementations influenced contemporary architecture and inspired later events and trends in contemporary architecture on an international scale.The Czech Centres have developed this solo exhibition project, which aims to present Loos’ unique interior design work in Pilsen in the first third of the 20th century, which is not very well known to the international audience.At the beginning of the 20th century, Pilsen was a dynamic industrial city in the Austro-Hungarian monarchy, which also meant the presence of significant financial capital and the desire of its holders for modern life, also demonstrated by quality housing. A number of local successful companies belonged to the families of Jewish entrepreneurs – the educated and cultivated class with kinship and business contacts outside the Czech lands.It was in Vienna that Loos met his first Pilsen clients, who paved the way for his further contracts in this city. Their openness to cooperation with an innovative and unorthodox architect and, at the same time, abundant financial means gave rise to the renowned series of apartments and interiors, later revitalized and reconstructed.These are a perfect example of the architect’s way of thinking about the Modernist conception of lifestyle, hidden mainly in burgher’s houses of eclectic, classicizing styles. At the same time, thanks to the character, walks of life and fates of their owners, they are a disturbing statement about the socio-cultural history of Pilsen and Central European countries. They touch on topics related to the Holocaust, exile, the communist totalitarian regime and the post-revolutionary period of the free Czech Republic following the Velvet Revolution in 1989.The exhibition sets Loos’ work in Pilsen in wider context: The circumstances of the origin of the first designs after 1907 and the crucial role of the extended Hirsch and Beck families and their connection to Vienna. The architect’s return to Pilsen in 1927 and work for the Brummel and Semler families, as well as for the Vogls, Krauses and numerous other investors.The exhibition also includes an account of the respective families’ and flats’ fates from 1939 to the current reconstructions and opening up of several of the flats, and established cooperation with several of the families now living in Australia, Great Britain and the USA.This project was developed in cooperation with the Gallery of West Bohemia (represented by its curator of architecture collections Petr Domanický), and the Corporate City of Pilsen, whose history is inseparably connected with the name of Adolf Loos.The exhibition is on display at the Bauhaus Center Gallery in Tel Aviv from December 1-31, 2020. ]]>

The year 2020 is the 150th anniversary of the birth of Adolf Loos (1870–1933), a world-renowned epitome of modern interwar architecture of Moravian descent, whose ideas and implementations influenced contemporary architecture and inspired later events and trends in contemporary architecture on an international scale.The Czech Centres have developed this solo exhibition project, which aims to present Loos’ unique interior design work in Pilsen in the first third of the 20th century, which is not very well known to the international audience.At the beginning of the 20th century, Pilsen was a dynamic industrial city in the Austro-Hungarian monarchy, which also meant the presence of significant financial capital and the desire of its holders for modern life, also demonstrated by quality housing. A number of local successful companies belonged to the families of Jewish entrepreneurs – the educated and cultivated class with kinship and business contacts outside the Czech lands.It was in Vienna that Loos met his first Pilsen clients, who paved the way for his further contracts in this city. Their openness to cooperation with an innovative and unorthodox architect and, at the same time, abundant financial means gave rise to the renowned series of apartments and interiors, later revitalized and reconstructed.These are a perfect example of the architect’s way of thinking about the Modernist conception of lifestyle, hidden mainly in burgher’s houses of eclectic, classicizing styles. At the same time, thanks to the character, walks of life and fates of their owners, they are a disturbing statement about the socio-cultural history of Pilsen and Central European countries. They touch on topics related to the Holocaust, exile, the communist totalitarian regime and the post-revolutionary period of the free Czech Republic following the Velvet Revolution in 1989.The exhibition sets Loos’ work in Pilsen in wider context: The circumstances of the origin of the first designs after 1907 and the crucial role of the extended Hirsch and Beck families and their connection to Vienna. The architect’s return to Pilsen in 1927 and work for the Brummel and Semler families, as well as for the Vogls, Krauses and numerous other investors.The exhibition also includes an account of the respective families’ and flats’ fates from 1939 to the current reconstructions and opening up of several of the flats, and established cooperation with several of the families now living in Australia, Great Britain and the USA.This project was developed in cooperation with the Gallery of West Bohemia (represented by its curator of architecture collections Petr Domanický), and the Corporate City of Pilsen, whose history is inseparably connected with the name of Adolf Loos.The exhibition is on display at the Bauhaus Center Gallery in Tel Aviv from December 1-31, 2020. ]]> International Style: Frankfurt, Tel Aviv, Palm Springs. Polaroid.https://bauhaus-center.com/gallery-art-exhibition/international-style-frankfurt-tel-aviv-palm-springs-polaroid/ Fri, 07 Sep 2018 08:01:26 +0000 https://bauhaus-center.com/?post_type=nor-portfolio&p=2295

The photographer Rainer Raczinski presents modernism through the lens of its Polaroid instant picture camera in this exhibition in the Bauhaus Center Tel Aviv.Rainer Raczinski's Polaroids show urban landscapes. By using the Instant Camera, unique pictures are produced, based on the human visual perception. The photographer travels between three different locations - Los Angeles, Tel Aviv and Frankfurt.Frankfurt was an important site of the early modernism, whereas Los Angeles and Tel Aviv represent the later modernism. Many of the architects designing Tel Aviv and Los Angeles where of Jewish origin, trained either at the Bauhaus school itself or by teachers who taught at this institution.The presented photographs allow the viewer to experience similarity and fundamental differences between the three cities. One can see how decorations and functional features communicate in the same language in spite of the distances between the countries and the continents.Opening event: Thursday, 11.10.2018, 19:00. Bauhaus Center Tel Aviv, 77 Dizengoff st. Tel Aviv]]>

The photographer Rainer Raczinski presents modernism through the lens of its Polaroid instant picture camera in this exhibition in the Bauhaus Center Tel Aviv.Rainer Raczinski's Polaroids show urban landscapes. By using the Instant Camera, unique pictures are produced, based on the human visual perception. The photographer travels between three different locations - Los Angeles, Tel Aviv and Frankfurt.Frankfurt was an important site of the early modernism, whereas Los Angeles and Tel Aviv represent the later modernism. Many of the architects designing Tel Aviv and Los Angeles where of Jewish origin, trained either at the Bauhaus school itself or by teachers who taught at this institution.The presented photographs allow the viewer to experience similarity and fundamental differences between the three cities. One can see how decorations and functional features communicate in the same language in spite of the distances between the countries and the continents.Opening event: Thursday, 11.10.2018, 19:00. Bauhaus Center Tel Aviv, 77 Dizengoff st. Tel Aviv]]> Brno — The City Of Bauhaus Spirithttps://bauhaus-center.com/gallery-art-exhibition/brno-the-city-of-bauhaus-spirit/ Thu, 01 Mar 2012 14:34:25 +0000 https://bauhaus-center.com/?post_type=nor-portfolio&p=3069

Exhibition presenting the most important sites of the functionalist architecture of the City of Brno — villa Tugendhat and villa Stiassni.The exhibition is held under the auspices of:
  • Minister of Culture of the Czech Republic, Mrs. Alena Hanáková
  • Mayor of the City of Brno, Mr. Roman Onderka
  • Ambassador of the Czech Republic in Israel, Mr. Tomáš Pojar
Czech Centre Tel Aviv in cooperation with the National Heritage Institute presents an exhibition of architectonic heritage of the 20th century in the City of Brno.The exhibition presents activities funded by the European Union and the Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic—preservation and reconstruction of 2 major functionalist sites in the City of Brno—villa Tugendhat and villa Stiassni as well as projects of heritage of the functionalist and Jewish architecture of the region.
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Exhibition presenting the most important sites of the functionalist architecture of the City of Brno — villa Tugendhat and villa Stiassni.The exhibition is held under the auspices of:
  • Minister of Culture of the Czech Republic, Mrs. Alena Hanáková
  • Mayor of the City of Brno, Mr. Roman Onderka
  • Ambassador of the Czech Republic in Israel, Mr. Tomáš Pojar
Czech Centre Tel Aviv in cooperation with the National Heritage Institute presents an exhibition of architectonic heritage of the 20th century in the City of Brno.The exhibition presents activities funded by the European Union and the Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic—preservation and reconstruction of 2 major functionalist sites in the City of Brno—villa Tugendhat and villa Stiassni as well as projects of heritage of the functionalist and Jewish architecture of the region.
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